Stampede Parade Delights Medicine Hat With Kids in Costume
A pint sized parade in Medicine Hat featured the Doll family with Gus the red white retriever tugging a wagon while Andrew and Carla rode bikes. Frankie Undseth and Kelly Reynolds led a western cowboys and Indians float with a deceased snake added for effect. Alicia Johnson and cousins planned a farewell tour before moving to Newfoundland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Laura Ehrkamp Campbell Pears
Gus
Medicine Hat
Cathy Doll
Andrew
Carla
Frankie Undseth
Frankie
Kelly Reynolds
Neil Soklofski
Riverside
Neil
Parade Float Entries and Participants Listed
A list of parade entries and participants including Brae Enstein and Rhett Gold among decorated bicycles, junior and senior teams, comic acts, western floats, doll carriages, animals, dress and majorettes. Groups range from YMCA day camp to 4H beef club and multiracial folk arts, with many junior and senior representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhett Gold
Chris Burkett
Cameron Kah
Daniel and
Matthew Pearce
Rachel Sherk
Chad Pitcher
Chelsey Nieman Jr
Brianne Unreiner
Nicole Holmes Jr
Jordan Stannard
Gina Ehret Jr
Costume Shop
Isaac Johnson
YMCA
Shetland
Jessica Leismeister
Beef Club
Stacey Hallam
Heather Roberts
Multicultural Folk Arts
Medicine Hat ‘Elks
Wanna Combac Herald
Travis
Justin Beck
Salta
Charles wins insanity case in Saskatchewan murder trial
15 year old Sandy Charles was found not guilty by reason of insanity for the July slaying of seven year old Johnathan Thimpson in La Ronge. He confessed to killing and mutilating the boy and claimed a deluded belief in gaining flight through occult fat. The judge ruled he suffered a mental disorder and is to be committed to a mental health facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Sandy Charles
Johnathan Thimpson
Charles
Thimpson
la Ronge
Sask
Gerald Allbright
Canada poised for medals at Atlanta Olympics boxing and track
Canadian boxer David Defiagbon fought to the gold and defeated Nate Jones in a 91kg semi while Donovan Bailey led Canada’s 4x100m relay team into the semifinals with a 38.68-second heat win. Canoeist Steve Giles reached the C-1 500 final and Karoline Brunet and Corinna Kennedy advanced in women’s events at the Atlanta Games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan Bailey
Canada
Steve Giles
Caroline Brunet
Lac Beauport
Que
David Defiagbon
U.S
Nate Jones
Marie-Josee Gibeau
Lachine
Corinna Kennedy
Saskatoon
Brooks elevator fire prompts cause search and plan shifts
Investigators seek the cause of a spectacular fire that destroyed a Brooks Alberta Pool grain elevator during renovations. The building, built in 1981, was empty and undergoing 1.3 million dollars in upgrades. Pool officials consider arson and multiple origins while contingency plans include using Tilley and Duchess elevators full time and possibly a temporary Brooks solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Pool
Brooks
Laurence Nicholson
Medicine Hat
Nicholson
Pool
Jo- Anne Means
Calgary
Lee Melville
Alberta Agriculture
Tilley and Duchess
Ted Catlaw
All female funeral parlor opens in English town
Barbara Butler, who runs a funeral advice centre in Watchet, launches Martha's Funerals with an all female staff including pallbearers to serve women who prefer not to have men present during body preparation. She expects demand from older single women and feminists alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuter
Barbara Butler
Watchet
Grimm pay delay approved in Reidy Motors Ltd suit
Justice C D Hunt in Calgary grants Grimm and John Hirsch a delay on paying damages of 276000 dollars plus interest while appealing Justice Devell's December ruling. They must file transcripts. assets will be protected during the appeal. Reidy Motors sued over a 1979 sale of a First Street and Sixth Avenue S.E. property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FS Grimm
John Hirsch
Reidy Motors Ltd
C.D. Hunt
Calgary
Court of Appeal
Grimm and Hirsch
R.V. Devell
Reidy Motors
Jim Dixon
E.W.N
Skip
Bob Reidy
Grimm
Hirsch
Reidy
Lucille
Dixon
Grimm, Hirsch
First Street
Sixth Avenue
S.E
City
Weather forecast hints at warm day and cold night
A brief weather note reports a high near twenty and a low around ten with a forecast map on page B5.
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Kids In Stampede Spirit
Alicia Johnson
Alicia
Newfoundland
T News
Frank Webber
Cassie Ehret
Sugarfoot
Cassie
Brother Craig
Brae Enstein
Southam
Atlanta
Defingbon
Gordons
Nova Scotia
Nigeria
Ian McDougall
Medicine Hat News
Ann Landers
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